The Life, Speeches and Public Services of Gen. James A. Garfield of Ohio |
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... from the old records , that Captain Garfield ' s house and barn were burned on
the night of March 29 , 168 - , by his negro servant , Joshua , and on the night of
April 9th , Joshua was discovered with his throat cut , a knife clasped in his hand .
... from the old records , that Captain Garfield ' s house and barn were burned on
the night of March 29 , 168 - , by his negro servant , Joshua , and on the night of
April 9th , Joshua was discovered with his throat cut , a knife clasped in his hand .
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... Abram and Amos found themselves with a very meager sum on hand for future
capital , They had labored diligently , they had saved scrupulously , they had
availed themselves of every known opportunity , yet the re - * sult of the decade '
s ...
... Abram and Amos found themselves with a very meager sum on hand for future
capital , They had labored diligently , they had saved scrupulously , they had
availed themselves of every known opportunity , yet the re - * sult of the decade '
s ...
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It is said the two young pioneers shook hands as they took the axes to fell the first
tree on the line between their lands , and said they would live and die together
there . They had never owned a foot of land before . This was their own . Wolves
...
It is said the two young pioneers shook hands as they took the axes to fell the first
tree on the line between their lands , and said they would live and die together
there . They had never owned a foot of land before . This was their own . Wolves
...
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... by the standards of the Boulevards or Broadway , rough hands there must have
been ; but the great hearts and strong brains which make nobles of the laborers ,
and found great nations , were there also . " Is this your house . Uncle Amos ?
... by the standards of the Boulevards or Broadway , rough hands there must have
been ; but the great hearts and strong brains which make nobles of the laborers ,
and found great nations , were there also . " Is this your house . Uncle Amos ?
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... the woodland near at hand , suggest nothing unusual , prophetic , or propitious
. Such circumstances have surrounded the birth of many men , and will attend the
nativity of many more . These circumstances neither make nor uninake men .
... the woodland near at hand , suggest nothing unusual , prophetic , or propitious
. Such circumstances have surrounded the birth of many men , and will attend the
nativity of many more . These circumstances neither make nor uninake men .
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Página 214 - We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
Página 226 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time.
Página 218 - Who breaks his birth's invidious bar, And grasps the skirts of happy chance, And breasts the blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merit known And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne ; And moving up from high to higher, Becomes on Fortune's crowning slope The pillar of a people's hope, The centre of a world's desire...
Página 228 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause; and I shall do more whenever I believe doing more will help the cause.
Página 226 - I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.
Página 219 - In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me; As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Página 329 - ... upon the party in power. Without such restraint party rule becomes tyrannical and corrupt. The prosperity which is made possible in the South, by its great advantages of soil and climate, will never be realized until every voter can freely and safely support any party he pleases. Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither justice nor freedom can be permanently maintained.
Página 228 - What I do about Slavery and the Colored Race, I do because I believe it helps to save...
Página 326 - Republican firesides, where the thoughtful fathers, with wives and children about them, with the calm thoughts inspired by love of home and...
Página 227 - If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery.